HOURLY EARNINGS OF WORKERS IN TRUCKING AND PUBLIC WAREHOUSING SERVICES

HOURLY EARNINGS OF WORKERS IN TRUCKING AND PUBLIC WAREHOUSING SERVICES

Average Hourly Earnings of Production Workers by Industry (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Measured in current dollars, the average hourly earnings of workers in trucking and courier services and workers in warehousing and storage services have increased in recent years. However, taking the effect of inflation into account, real hourly earnings of workers in the two industries have remained at about the same level since the early Nineties.

Average Hourly Earnings

Feb-01

Feb-02

Trucking and courier services, except air (current dollars)

14.73

15.17

Trucking and courier services, except air (current dollars) percent change from same month previous year

2.58

2.99

Public warehousing and storage (current dollars)

12.55

12.99

Public warehousing and storage (current dollars) percent change from same month previous year

3.89

3.51

Trucking and courier services, except air (1982 dollars)

8.28

8.46

Trucking and courier services, except air (1982 dollars) percent change from same month previous year

-0.87

2.17

Public warehousing and storage (1982 dollars)

7.06

7.25

Public warehousing and storage (1982 dollars) percent change from same month previous year

0.39

2.69

NOTE: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Employment, Hours, and Earnings, available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/.